diff --git a/examples/catj.ts b/examples/catj.ts
index bb2e9051b633..93fc68a1d68c 100644
--- a/examples/catj.ts
+++ b/examples/catj.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env -S deno --allow-read
+#!/usr/bin/env -S deno run --allow-read
 // Ported from: https://github.com/soheilpro/catj
 // Copyright (c) 2014 Soheil Rashidi
 // Copyright 2018-2020 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
diff --git a/examples/gist.ts b/examples/gist.ts
index 5d66dbdafed7..555ec8056485 100755
--- a/examples/gist.ts
+++ b/examples/gist.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env -S deno --allow-net --allow-env
+#!/usr/bin/env -S deno run --allow-net --allow-env
 // Copyright 2018-2020 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
 // A program to post files to gist.github.com. Use the following to install it:
 // deno install -f --allow-env --allow-read --allow-net=api.github.com https://deno.land/std/examples/gist.ts
diff --git a/http/file_server.ts b/http/file_server.ts
index 4920eb13cc8b..5586ed4264e5 100755
--- a/http/file_server.ts
+++ b/http/file_server.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env -S deno --allow-net
+#!/usr/bin/env -S deno run --allow-net --allow-read
 // Copyright 2018-2020 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
 
 // This program serves files in the current directory over HTTP.